STATE STATUTES & CODES

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 537 Torts and Actions for Damages

• 537.010. Action for damages to property to survive regardless of death of either party.
• 537.020. Action for personal injury or death to survive regardless of death of either party.
• 537.021. Action for damages--personal representative to maintain or defend--exception--action against liability insurer, procedure.
• 537.030. Section 537.010 not to extend to what action.
• 537.035. Peer review committees--composition, purpose--immunity from civil liability, who, when--disclosure of records prohibited, exceptions--testimony before, discovery and admissibility, limitation
• 537.037. Emergency care, no civil liability, exceptions (Good Samaritan law).
• 537.040. (Repealed L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision § A)
• 537.045. Parent or guardian liable for damages by minor, when, limitation--minor's liability--work accepted in lieu of payment.
• 537.046. Childhood sexual abuse, injury or illness defined--action for damages may be brought, when.
• 537.047. Civil action for damages authorized, sexual and pornographic offenses involving a minor--statute of limitations.
• 537.050. Civil action not merged in criminal prosecution.
• 537.053. Sale of alcoholic beverage may be proximate cause of personal injuries or death--requirements--(dram shop law).
• 537.055. Operation of a motorcycle not evidence of comparative negligence.
• 537.060. Contribution between tort-feasors--release of one or more, effect.
• 537.065. Claimant and tort-feasor may contract to limit recovery to specified assets or insurance contract--effect.
• 537.067. Joint and several liability of defendants in tort actions, allocation of responsibility for judgment--defendants several liability for punitive damages.
• 537.068. Court may enter remittitur order or increase jury award, when.
• 537.069. Provisions of certain laws applicable to all causes of action.
• 537.080. Action for wrongful death--who may sue--limitation.
• 537.085. Defenses to wrongful death action.
• 537.090. Damages to be determined by jury--factors to be considered.
• 537.095. Joinder of parties not required, when, effect on recovery--plaintiff ad litem, recovery, distribution.
• 537.100. Limitation of action--effect of absence of defendant and nonsuit.
• 537.105. Radio station not liable for defamation, when.
• 537.110. What words are actionable.
• 537.115. Food donation or distribution, limited liability, when.
• 537.117. Officers or members of governing bodies of certain corporations, charities, organizations or clubs immune from personal liability for official acts, exceptions.
• 537.118. Volunteers, limited personal liability, certain organizations and government entities, exceptions.
• 537.120. Physician not liable for restraint of mentally incapacitated persons.
• 537.125. Shoplifting--detention of suspect by merchant--liability presumption.
• 537.130. Liability for damages caused by riotous assemblage.
• 537.165. Political subdivisions to defend tort actions against firemen involving use of motor vehicles--extent of liability.
• 537.170. Waiver of rights to damages by blind employee.
• 537.180. Negligence of fellow servant no defense in action by employee against railroad or mine.
• 537.190. Fellow servant defined.
• 537.200. Vice-principals defined.
• 537.210. Contracts limiting liability invalid.
• 537.220. Construction and application of sections 537.180 to 537.210.
• 537.230. Action against mining operator for wrongful death of employee--amount--limitation.
• 537.240. Railroads and railroad corporation or companies--terms construed.
• 537.250. Liability of common carrier for loss or damage to property transported--who may be joined as defendants.
• 537.260. Railroad liable for killing stock--irrespective of negligence unless road is fenced.
• 537.270. Insufficient fence on railroad--stock killed--damages.
• 537.280. Injury to stock by railroad--agreed damages--payment, when.
• 537.290. Failure to pay agreed damages--double damages.
• 537.294. Firearm ranges--definitions--not to be deemed a nuisance, when--immunity from civil and criminal liability, when.
• 537.295. Agricultural operation not to be deemed a nuisance, when--exceptions--costs.
• 537.296. Private nuisance action in excess of one million dollars, court or jury shall visit property.
• 537.297. Transfer of anhydrous ammonia, tamperer assumes risk--owners immune from liability and suit, when.
• 537.300. Penalty for driving away of others' stock by drovers.
• 537.310. Proceedings under section 537.300.
• 537.320. Judgment--execution.
• 537.325. Definitions--liability for equine activities, limitations, exceptions--signs required, contents.
• 537.327. Paddlesport activities--definitions--immunity from liability, when--exemptions--posting of signs required, content.
• 537.330. Malicious trespass--to personalty--double damages--issuance of attachment, when.
• 537.340. Trespass on realty--treble damages recoverable, when--rules for trimming, removing, and controlling trees.
• 537.345. Definitions for sections 537.345 to 537.347.
• 537.346. Landowner owes no duty of care to persons entering without fee to keep land safe for recreational use.
• 537.347. Landowner directly or indirectly invites or permits persons on land for recreation, effect.
• 537.348. Landowner liable, when--definitions.
• 537.349. Liability of landowner to trespasser, immunity where trespasser under influence of drugs or alcohol--limitations.
• 537.350. Double damages for throwing down gates and fences--exception.
• 537.353. Liability for damage or destruction of field crop products, when--court costs awarded, when.
• 537.355. Private property, permission by owner to hunt, fish, or recreate, limitation on privilege.
• 537.360. Single damages only recoverable, when.
• 537.370. Penalties, how recovered.
• 537.380. Fires from railroad engines--damages.
• 537.400. Double damages for willful fires.
• 537.410. Damages for backwater caused by boom across stream--attorney's fee.
• 537.420. Tenant for life or years liable for treble damages for waste.
• 537.430. Who may sue.
• 537.440. Heirs may sue for waste, when.
• 537.450. Tenant holding land after having aliened it liable for waste.
• 537.460. Tenants liable to cotenants, when.
• 537.470. Conservators, liable for waste, when.
• 537.480. What damages recovered for waste.
• 537.490. Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed.
• 537.500. Where waste committed pending suit, receiver may take possession.
• 537.510. Actions for waste, brought against whom.
• 537.520. Interest as part of damages.
• 537.523. Institutional vandalism, civil actions for damages or injunction--attorney fees and costs.
• 537.524. Injunction and damages for interference with lawful hunting and trapping.
• 537.525. Tampering with computer data, computer equipment, or computer users--damages--attorney fees, certain expenses, awarded when.
• 537.528. Actions for damages for conduct or speech at public hearings and meetings to be considered on expedited basis--procedural issues.
• 537.550. Limitation on liability for injury or death at fairs or festivals--signs to be posted, content.
• 537.595. Citation--definitions--immunity from liability for claims relating to weight gain or obesity, when, exceptions--petition, contents--effective date.
• 537.600. Sovereign immunity in effect--exceptions.
• 537.610. Liability insurance for tort claims may be purchased by whom--limitation on waiver of immunity--maximum amount payable for claims out of single occurrence--exception--apportionment of settlem
• 537.615. Liability of state increase to apply, when.
• 537.620. Political subdivisions may jointly create entity to provide insurance--entity created not deemed an insurance company or insurer.
• 537.625. Procedure to form insurance entity.
• 537.630. Director to approve articles and issue license.
• 537.635. Entity to be treated as corporation--not to produce profit--may pay dividends, when.
• 537.640. Director to examine--renewal license fee--amendments to articles.
• 537.645. Director may take charge of entity, when.
• 537.650. Premium tax not required.
• 537.675. Tort victims' compensation fund established--definitions--notification of punitive damage award to attorney general, lien for deposit into fund--legal services for low-income people.
• 537.678. Percentage of fund to be used to assist uncompensated tort victims--filing of claims, procedure.
• 537.681. Eligibility requirements--waiver of certain requirements, when--incarcerated victim, procedure.
• 537.684. Filing of a claim, determining compensation, procedure--payment of claims.
• 537.687. Medical records submitted, when--violation, penalty.
• 537.690. Petition for review of a decision by the division filed with commission--judicial review permitted, when.
• 537.693. Right of subrogation, payment of a claim--division lien on any compensation received by claimant--rulemaking authority.
• 537.700. Public entity risk management fund established--definitions--who may participate.
• 537.705. Effect of participation in fund--use of funds, limits--board of trustees, duties--staff--board to be notified of claims, when--board may contract with independent insurance agents.
• 537.710. Board of trustees established--members, appointment, qualifications, terms, liability limited.
• 537.715. Board of trustees--officers.
• 537.720. Board, meetings--quorum--expenses.
• 537.725. Board--records--reports--principal office--seal.
• 537.730. Board--duties--rulemaking authority--subpoena power--prohibited activities.
• 537.735. Fund account, how maintained.
• 537.740. Insufficient contributions, assessment, abatement, deferral--retroactive application.
• 537.745. Construction of provisions.
• 537.750. Exhaustion of fund, claims to be prorated.
• 537.755. Fund money not available for certain purposes, exception.
• 537.756. Maximum amount payable from fund--how calculated.
• 537.760. Products liability claim defined.
• 537.762. Motion to dismiss, defendant whose only liability is as seller in stream of commerce requirements, procedure--order of dismissal to be interlocutory.
• 537.764. State of the art, defined--affirmative defense in cases of strict liability for failure to warn--burden of proof on party asserting defense--action for negligence, when.
• 537.765. Contributory fault as complete bar to plaintiff's recovery abolished--doctrine of comparative fault to apply--fault of plaintiff an affirmative defense to diminish damages--fault defined.

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